Refurbished Gadget Sale: iPad mini, $179; iPhone 5, $259; GoPro HERO4, $389
This edition of the Fairer Deal report is going a bit off reservation with the inclusion of third-party gadget deals, as well as refurbished Apple kit. Get best-in-class prices on refurbished gadgets...
View ArticleFinal Draft Writer 2 Now for iPhone, too
The gold standard for script and screenplay creation is Final Draft. While the app has been available for iPad for some time, Final Draft Writer has been optimized for iPhone. So, wherever the mood or...
View ArticleTech Coupons, Deals: Quicken Mac, 40% Off; Caseable, 15% Off; More
Apple makes best-in-class gear, but you needn’t pay full retail. Here’s a quick listing of tech coupons and deals for most if not all of your Mac, iPhone, iPad and software/app needs. Not impressed?...
View ArticleRefurbished MacBook Air from $639, Mac mini from $419 [u]
Do you need the lowest price on a refurbished MacBook Air with full + extendible AppleCare? How about a 2013 refurbished MacBook Air with a 128GB SSD for just $639 — that’s an awesome price and just of...
View ArticleBelkin iPhone 6 Dock: Save 50%, Free Shipping [Prime] Shipping
Have an iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5/s/c or fifth generation iPod touch? Then you, my friend, need a dock. And, happy weekend, Belkin iPhone 6 docks (aka lightning docks) are on sale big time with...
View ArticleGet the iOS 9, OS X El Capitan Wallpapers
If you are a registered ($99) Apple developer, you probably already are already running iOS 9 (brilliant) and/or OS X El Capitan. For the rest of us, we can experience these shiny new things...
View ArticleGet Your Mac Back: Stop Photos Autolaunch
As the great majority of you, I very much like Apple’s new Photos for Mac as it overcomes the great majority of iPhoto’s numerous shortcomings. There is one issue — that Photos launches by default...
View ArticleiPhone 5 with Unlimited Talk, Text, 500MB for $299.99 Inclusive
Are you a disciplined iPhone user, but short of cash? This deal — iPhone 5 with unlimited talk and text, plus 500MB LTE data per month for a one-time, all-inclusive charge of $299.99 — just might be...
View ArticleMac Shoppers Are Most Lucrative
Tale as old as time… It is widely known that rich people love their iPhones. Additionally, given that Mac owners are are said to better educated and better paid, it will surprise no one that Mac...
View ArticleiPhone Owners Prefer Soups n’ Smoothies
And, our Android friends definitely skew toward cheeseburgers, wings and fries. What does you choice of smartphone say about your dietary habits? Maybe nothing at all. Regardless, the good people at...
View ArticleJuly 4th iOS Game Sale, Save 50%
It is a long, long way to Grandma’s house and, quite frankly, the eating and fireworks aside, not much is happening there! So, tuck into another plate of po’ sal’ and the July 4th iOS game sale and...
View ArticleiOS 8.4 User Guides for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch Now Available
Worry not intrepid iOS 8.4 fans, this post is spoiler free — we won’t tell how Apple’s new iOS 8.4 User Guides end! We can tell you, however, that everything new in iOS 8.4 is encapsulated in these...
View ArticleStill Hot: iPhone 5 + Unlimited T/T + 500MB Data, $299.99 All-in
Some deals are good and some deals are great. I liked the iPhone 5 + 1-Yr Unlimited Talk-and-Text on FreedomPop for $299.99 so much I bought one for myself — bye bye, Verizon, I won’t miss you! That...
View ArticleSmartphone Profit: There’s Apple, Samsung and…
A few years ago, Apple and Samsung evenly split industry-wide smartphone profit. Now, Apple claims 92 percent of smartphone profit with Samsung clinging to 15 percent. Wait, 107 percent? Yes, because...
View ArticleCorrupt iPhone, iPod touch, iPad Backup? Here’s How to Delete It!
The other day, I came to obvious conclusion that running iOS 9 beta on my iPad Air, one of my daily drivers, was a bad idea. As I had a pre-iOS 9 iPad backup in iTunes, I chose to restore ... The post...
View ArticleRefurbished Mobile: iPhone 5 Unlocked, $199; S4 Unlocked, $229
Here at the Fairer Platform we love refurbished mobile gear. These days there are more places than just the Apple Store where you can find great prices on refurbished iPhones, iPad, iPods and, of...
View ArticleSprint Returns Fire at T-Mobile, Sweetens Family Plan
T-Mobile CEO John Legere made quite a splash with iPhone owners by offering free Apple Music streaming and a free iPhone 6s upgrade for iPhone 6s owners. Now, rival Sprint is firing back with a family...
View ArticleApple Vietnam: iPhone Fever Takes Hold
Apple Vietnam is one of the company’s fastest growing sales units with iPhone sales there doubling over the last year. While the company’s direct presence there is muted, Apple Vietnam is doing a...
View ArticleRefurbished iPhone 6 from $429! iPhone 5 from $199
Regular Fairer Platform readers know I am a huge fan of refurbished Mac, iPad and, though harder to find, refurbished iPhone. Though I’m fully kitted up, I never get tired of digging for fresh deals...
View ArticleiPhone MAC Address: Where to Find It
You’re happy with your iPhone, but your wireless carrier occupies five of the nine circles of hell? Time to BYOD on another carrier. To find out if your Apple smartphone or, for that matter, cellular...
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